Cnet reports that flash memory prices are dropping as we speak. This memory is used in e.g. digital camera's and MP3 players.
Flash memory has always been important for the price of this equipment and therefor these are likely to get cheaper.
As flash continues to drop in price, analysts say, digital-audio player makers can better target the low-end segment of the market and can increase the amount of memory at little extra cost to consumers. |
Consumer electronics giant Sony upped the ante Wednesday, slashing prices of its Memory Stick for the second time in 2001--this time by as much as 37 percent.
Other flash memory formats, including Secure Digital, SmartMedia and CompactFlash, have gone through similarly aggressive price drops this year in response to an inventory glut.
The current glut seemed like an impossibility last year when a shortage of flash memory drove up prices to nearly $2 per megabyte. By the end of this year, however, flash memory research firm Web-Feet Research expects prices to fall to 30 cents per megabyte from the current 40 cents per megabyte.
So if you want to buy a portable MP3 player it may be a good idea to wait a little, on the other hand, if these audio protections work out there might be only a small market for these players
Source: Cnet.com
